Conservation agriculture in dry areas

Field Crops Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Serraj, Rachid ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84860429244     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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